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Gmail and Buzz Get Google Maps Previews

Google has added a nifty new feature to both Gmail and Buzz: If you paste a Google Maps link into one of these two services, you can get a preview of the location on a map.

To enable the feature in Gmail, go to Gmail Labs > Settings, and enable "Google Maps previews in mail." In Google Buzz, when you paste a Google Maps link into the post box, you'll automatically get an image preview of that location.

The map is interactive, but only U.S. addresses have this function at this time; Google claims it's working on enabling international addresses, too.

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